Chestnut-capped Thrush (Geokichla interpres)
About the Chestnut-capped Thrush
The chestnut-capped thrush (Geokichla interpres) lives in forests and woodlands of Southeast Asia. It is a songbird species in the family Turdidae. Traditionally, it has included the Enggano thrush as a subspecies, but a recent review recommended treating them as separate. Consequently, the chestnut-capped thrush is monotypic. The chestnut-capped thrush has a black back and a white belly with black spots. As its common name suggests, it has a chestnut cap. Its face is black with a white mark on the cheeks and another on the lores. The superficially similar chestnut-backed thrush is substantially larger when seen alongside one another, and has a black crown and rufous back, whereas the Enggano thrush has an olive-ochre back and little or no white on the lores and auriculars.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 24 recordings for this species: 11 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 CC BY · 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Orange Ground ThrushGeokichla gurneyirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.